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E-cigarette fines rise to discourage sales

BangkokPost.com 

The Customs Department will fine e-cigarette importers double an item's value plus tax to discourage further sales among the public, especially teenagers.

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Seychelles 2025 brand launched in vibrant ceremony

Modern Ghana 

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Seychelles 2025 brand was revealed at a vibrant, colourful ceremony held in the Indian Ocean nation that was attended by the President of the Republic of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, and the Seychelles Football Federation (SFF) President, Elvis Chetty.

Dick Rutan, who set an aviation milestone when he flew nonstop around the world, is dead at 85

Times Union 

Dick Rutan, along with copilot Jeana Yeager, completed one of the greatest milestones in aviation history: the first round-the-world flight with no stops or refueling. A decorated Vietnam War pilot, Rutan died Friday evening at a hospital in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He was 85. His friend Bill Whittle says he died on his own terms, declining a second night of oxygen after suffering a severe lung infection. “He played an airplane like someone plays a grand piano,” said Burt Rutan of his brother, who was... Читать дальше...

18-1 favorite Mystik Dan shocks in the Kentucky Derby

NBC4i.com 

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP/WCMH) -- For only the tenth time in 150 races, the Kentucky Derby was determined Saturday by a nose, with 18-1 longshot Mystik Dan coming out as the winner. Mystik Dan, Sierra Leone, and Forever Young all approached the finish nose to nose to nose for a photo finish, resulting in a several-minute [...]